The Cellar

The Winery's Heart

In 2003 a new cellar was created in the restored and refurbished buildings located in the ancient village of Querceto. The barrique cellar is unique and was derived from the village’s old theatre. The ancient stage was also restored and is now used for wine tasting.

The cellar is made up of:

-          Grape reception room: Each 20 kilo crate is unloaded onto a conveyer belt which is connected to a selection table where the grapes are selected manually. The selected grapes are then sent to the crusher-stemmer. The “crushed” product falls directly into the fermentation cellar below.

-          Fermentation cellar: The grape must is collected in small thermoregulated stainless steel vats. Thermoregulation makes it possible to achieve alcohol fermentation without reaching excessive temperatures which would interrupt the process since, in point of fact, at the beginning of the harvest, the outside temperature is approximately 30°.

-          The barrique cellar: Ageing of the wine takes place in 225 litre barriques made of medium-toasted fine grain oak. The life of the Barriques is three years. 

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